StudioCanal (formerly known as Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ Production, and Canal+ Image) is a Frenchfilm production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. The company is a unit of the Canal+ Group, owned by Vivendi.

StudioCanal acquired film libraries from studios that either went defunct or had merged with it over the years. As a result, the company's library is the third-largest in the world, behind Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer respectively.

StudioCanal acquired British-Irish distributor Optimum Releasing in 2006 as their first expansion into an international market.[16] 2 years later, their second expansion into an international market took place with StudioCanal's acquisition of German distributor Kinowelt who had distributed their films up to that point.[17] Both companies have since then been renamed StudioCanal.[18] StudioCanal's acquisition of Australian-New Zealand distributor Hoyts Distribution took place in 2012-and was StudioCanal's third expansion into an international market.[19]

In June 2016, StudioCanal acquired the intellectual rights to the Paddington Bear brand, along with the Copyrights Group, the franchise's merchandise licensing agent. StudioCanal then announced that it would be producing three more Paddington films.[20]